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President Series · #433

When Students Are Also Parents, Employees & Caregivers: The 'ANDers' Revolution - with Mark Milliron, President & CEO, National University

Mark Milliron, President · National University

Dec 29, 2025 51 min
When Students Are Also Parents, Employees & Caregivers: The 'ANDers' Revolution - with Mark Milliron, President & CEO, National University

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  • 01

    How does a president who grew up in a family of 9 kids & 25 foster kids transform his community college start into leading a 50,000 student university 100% focused on non traditional, working & military students?

  • 02

    What happens when you design an entire university around " ANDers " students who are students & parents, students & employed, students & deployed, creating flexible pathways for people with average ages of 33 for undergrad, 37 for master's & 42 for doctorate programs?

  • 03

    How does a university serving 80,000 workforce training students annually tackle the crisis of 43 million Americans with some college & no credential by proving that institutions' real competition isn't each other but poverty & lack of opportunity?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Mark Milliron, President & CEO, National University

In this episode, President Series #433, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,

YOUR co-host is Brent Ramdin, CEO, EducationDynamics

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • How does a president who grew up in a family of 9 kids & 25 foster kids transform his community college start into leading a 50,000 student university 100% focused on non traditional, working & military students?
  • What happens when you design an entire university around "ANDers" students who are students & parents, students & employed, students & deployed, creating flexible pathways for people with average ages of 33 for undergrad, 37 for master's & 42 for doctorate programs?
  • How does a university serving 80,000 workforce training students annually tackle the crisis of 43 million Americans with some college & no credential by proving that institutions' real competition isn't each other but poverty & lack of opportunity?

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